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Forum: Australia
Nov 16th 2006, 4:38 am
Replies: 22
Views: 11,691
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: Selling UK shares whilst in Oz....

A quick update in case it's of use to anyone...

I took Fardell's advice and contacted exfin. They contacted 2 different brokers on my behalf, who then contacted me and each other to agree who...
Forum: Australia
Sep 21st 2006, 12:25 am
Replies: 22
Views: 11,691
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: Selling UK shares whilst in Oz....

Anyone got any recent experience to add to this?

We've just arrived in Melbourne, and I have one batch of UK shares (paper certificates) that I now want to sell. I'd assumed I could just do it...
Forum: Australia
Aug 16th 2006, 3:20 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,027
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: Money transfer from GBP to A$

I'd recommend registering with at least 2 companies and trying them both whenever you think the rate is good. I've done 3 transfers to date, and twice I've been able to talk up the exchange rate by...
Forum: Australia
Jul 31st 2006, 9:44 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,555
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: Lost my licence 170 times

So why do people people still seem to prefer big, powerful engines then? :confused:

Doesn't that just make the limits even more frustrating?
Forum: Australia
Jul 28th 2006, 12:04 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 797
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: extra baggage and stopover

We decided to go the other way 'cos of the baggage thing. Flying Air New Zealand with stopover at LA, we get an automatic 46 kgs (2 x 23 to be specific) allowance each. Apparently the yanks always...
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2006, 3:03 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,588
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: Nitrox

Is this any use to anyone? http://www.diveoz.com.au/
The nearest thing I've found to Divernet in the UK.

I'll be arriving in Melbourne in Sept, but the kit won't arrive til Oct sometime :(
Forum: Australia
Jul 10th 2006, 11:48 am
Replies: 14
Views: 3,289
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: UK endowment policy-ATO's treatment

Before you 'cash it in' it's worth looking to see if someone will 'buy' it off you - often worth more than the surrender value :cool: .

Google 'sell endowment' and you'll find lot's of companies...
Forum: Australia
Jul 3rd 2006, 3:03 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 844
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: Buying a car in Oz

I found this one when I was trying to get an idea of prices: http://search.carsguide.news.com.au/news/find-a-car/search.do

Not there yet, so don't know how good it is in practice...

Chris
Forum: Australia
Jul 3rd 2006, 2:11 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,608
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: Aussie Tax on UK income?

Hey, Thanks for lightening quick replies and really good info! Very glad I keep my redundancy cash :) !


I've just been having dig around for tax allowances, and as far as I can see, there is no...
Forum: Australia
Jul 3rd 2006, 12:41 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,608
Posted By Guitarfish

Aussie Tax on UK income?

We're about to ship out in mid-september, which I think makes us 'resident' for tax purposes for 2006/7. Three questions arise:

1) My redundancy pays out end of August, which in UK would...
Forum: Australia
Jun 30th 2006, 11:12 am
Replies: 5
Views: 613
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: Getting uk TV to work in Aus?

Bump. I've just been trying to search for the answer to this myself but you can't search for 'tv' (too short) so wasn't getting far :confused: .

We're just trying to decide whether to ship 'the...
Forum: Australia
Jun 29th 2006, 3:40 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,070
Posted By Guitarfish

Re: 'Nother one for Melbourne

Take your point LOR - things are getting pretty wrinkly by now ;) , so I'll try a different tack...

Buzzy, I guess from your signature you're into things submerged. We've mostly dived warm-water...
Forum: Australia
Jun 29th 2006, 9:55 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,070
Posted By Guitarfish

'Nother one for Melbourne

Hi there

I found the forum a while back and have been trawling through previous posts pulling out some really useful info. I thought it was about time I came out of the shadows and introduced...
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